A strong low level jet in advance of a cold front brought damaging south to southeast winds to portions of the central highlands and Downeast areas. The strongest winds occurred during the early morning hours of the 1st.
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The episode as NWS CAR wrote it up.
A strong low level jet in advance of a cold front brought damaging south to southeast winds to portions of the central highlands and Downeast areas. The strongest winds occurred during the early morning hours of the 1st. The winds snapped branches and toppled trees which contributed to downed power lines and power outages. At one point nearly 3500 customers were without power...mostly across Hancock county along with southern portions of Penobscot county. A line of low topped convection along the cold front helped mix the strong winds just above the ground to the surface producing isolated convective wind damage at the town of Crystal in Aroostook county.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Caribou, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 30, 2:42 PM EST, 9 hours 50 minutes earlier.
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</html>The Caribou radar (KCBW), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:00 UTC.
3 high wind, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong damaging winds toppled trees around the towns of Carmel...Newburgh and Orono. The falling trees and snapped branches also contributed to power outages.
Strong damaging winds toppled trees and snapped branches around the towns of Danforth...Brookton and Topsfield.
Strong damaging winds toppled trees and snapped branches around the towns of Sedgwick...Blue Hill...Ellsworth...Bar Harbor and Gouldsboro. The falling trees and snapped branches helped bring down power lines which contributed to power outages. At one point...around 1800 customers were without power.
Wind gusts estimated at around 60 mph toppled or snapped at least 8 to 10 trees around the town of Crystal.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Maine in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, October 2010
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 263223, 263224, 263225, 263227.